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Consumers Union is a non-profit organization based in the United States whose mission is to advocate on policy issues related to telecommunications, mass media, vehicle safety, health care, product safety, financial services, investing, food safety, housing, and energy and utility deregulation.
The organization published the Consumer Reports magazine since its founding in 1936 until 2012. In 2012, Consumers Union created a spin-off company named Consumer Reports to continue its mission of product research, testing and reporting via its Consumer Reports magazine (as well as via an online website), while the Consumers Union company dedicated itself exclusively to advocacy matters.
Consumers Union has four advocacy offices that attempt to influence policy that affects consumers. They are located in Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, California; Austin, Texas; and Yonkers, New York. Employees based in these offices "testify before federal and state legislative and regulatory bodies, petition government agencies, and file lawsuits on behalf of the consumer interest."
Michael Hansen (born September 22, 1971) is a Danish former professional football player, who played in the midfielder position. He played 40 games and scored two goals for various Danish youth national teams, and competed with the Denmark national under-21 football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He played for a number of Danish teams, including Silkeborg IF, Odense Boldklub, Esbjerg fB, and FC Midtjylland. He ended his playing career in 2006.
As a youngster he played for B1938. He shifted to B1901 - Nykøbing in 1985, where he immediately showed his skills. He was offered a professional contract a few years later and made his debut in the first team when he was only 16. When he was 18 he joined Næstved a team in the Danish Superliga.
He was the manager of the 1. division club Skive from 2008 to 2013.
He replaced Ove Pedersen as manager of FC Vestsjælland on 1 July 2014. His first season as manager of FC Vestsjælland ended in relagtion from the Danish Superliga. Following af poor start to the 2015-16 Danish 1st Division he was sacked on 1 September 2015.
Union is the state of being united or joined.
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A consumer is a person or organization that uses economic services or commodities.
In economic systems consumers are utilities expressed in the decision to trade or not.
The consumer is the one who pays to consume goods and services produced. As such, consumers play a vital role in the economic system of a nation. Without consumer demand, producers would lack one of the key motivations to produce: to sell to consumers. The consumer also forms part of the chain of distribution.
Recently in marketing instead of marketers generating broad demographic profiles and Fisio-graphic profiles of market segments, marketers have started to engage in personalized marketing, permission marketing, and mass customization.
The law primarily uses the notion of the consumer in relation to consumer protection laws, and the definition of consumer is often restricted to living persons (i.e. not corporations or businesses) and excludes commercial users. A typical legal rationale for protecting the consumer is based on the notion of policing market failures and inefficiencies, such as inequalities of bargaining power between a consumer and a business. As of all potential voters are also consumers, consumer protection takes on a clear political significance.
Yes on 92 Advertisement! www.oregonrighttoknow.org Michael Hansen, senior scientist at the Consumers Union and a leading authority on GMOs says, "vote yes on 92!" Help us keep this ad on the air! Donate here: https://oregonrighttoknow.ngpvanhost.com/form/-8839432081458788608?ms=SO.DD.INS
This is An organization of Filipino Consumers "THE CONSUMERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Consumers Union took its #EndRobocalls campaign to Dallas for the 92nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. We encouraged engineers at the meeting to move quickly to help stop the robocall scourge, and brought our mobile billboard to circle the area and encourage consumers to "Join the Movement!" www.EndRobocalls.org
Advice on staying safe in the hospital--from the experts. For more information, go to www.SafePatientProject.org.
Take Action at DefendYourDollars.org. American's now owe over 1 trillion dollars in student debt exceeding even credit card debt. Take a minute to watch this powerful video and then act quickly to keep the subsidized Stafford student loan rate at 3.4%.
As big banks create new fees, more and more consumers are looking to credit unions and smaller community banks for better deals. This video provides tips to help make moving your money safe and easy. For a handy how-to guide you can print out, go to www.DefendYourDollars.org
Dr. Michael Hansen has been sharing his scientific expertise with Consumers Union for more than 20 years. A biologist and ecologist who did his Ph.D. in the techniques of Integrated Pest Management, he has identified many an insect for concerned CU staff. He develops policy, testifies before government agencies, speaks widely at conferences in the US and abroad, and talks frequently to media on critical food safety and environmental health issues including mad cow disease, genetic engineering, and pesticide use. http://consumersunion.org/experts/michael-hansen/ Time Code List 9:07 UK Product Label 9:20 AU Betty Crocker Buttercup Yellow Cake Mix - Made in USA Label 10:09 Hershey Bar - Made in USA GMO Labeled 11:39 Nutritional Labeling in 90's 12:44 2002 Oregon Measure 27 "No" Ad 14:14 Me...
Watch how consumers crashed Comcast's annual shareholder meeting to oppose it's takeover of Time Warner Cable. Then add your name to our petition against the merger.
As big banks create new fees, more and more consumers are looking to credit unions and smaller community banks for better deals. This video provides tips to help make moving your money safe and easy. For a handy how-to guide you can print out, go to www.DefendYourDollars.org
Yes on 92 Advertisement! www.oregonrighttoknow.org Michael Hansen, senior scientist at the Consumers Union and a leading authority on GMOs says, "vote yes on 92!" Help us keep this ad on the air! Donate here: https://oregonrighttoknow.ngpvanhost.com/form/-8839432081458788608?ms=SO.DD.INS
This is An organization of Filipino Consumers "THE CONSUMERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Consumers Union took its #EndRobocalls campaign to Dallas for the 92nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. We encouraged engineers at the meeting to move quickly to help stop the robocall scourge, and brought our mobile billboard to circle the area and encourage consumers to "Join the Movement!" www.EndRobocalls.org
Advice on staying safe in the hospital--from the experts. For more information, go to www.SafePatientProject.org.
Take Action at DefendYourDollars.org. American's now owe over 1 trillion dollars in student debt exceeding even credit card debt. Take a minute to watch this powerful video and then act quickly to keep the subsidized Stafford student loan rate at 3.4%.
As big banks create new fees, more and more consumers are looking to credit unions and smaller community banks for better deals. This video provides tips to help make moving your money safe and easy. For a handy how-to guide you can print out, go to www.DefendYourDollars.org
Dr. Michael Hansen has been sharing his scientific expertise with Consumers Union for more than 20 years. A biologist and ecologist who did his Ph.D. in the techniques of Integrated Pest Management, he has identified many an insect for concerned CU staff. He develops policy, testifies before government agencies, speaks widely at conferences in the US and abroad, and talks frequently to media on critical food safety and environmental health issues including mad cow disease, genetic engineering, and pesticide use. http://consumersunion.org/experts/michael-hansen/ Time Code List 9:07 UK Product Label 9:20 AU Betty Crocker Buttercup Yellow Cake Mix - Made in USA Label 10:09 Hershey Bar - Made in USA GMO Labeled 11:39 Nutritional Labeling in 90's 12:44 2002 Oregon Measure 27 "No" Ad 14:14 Me...
Watch how consumers crashed Comcast's annual shareholder meeting to oppose it's takeover of Time Warner Cable. Then add your name to our petition against the merger.
As big banks create new fees, more and more consumers are looking to credit unions and smaller community banks for better deals. This video provides tips to help make moving your money safe and easy. For a handy how-to guide you can print out, go to www.DefendYourDollars.org
First UU Church of Austin Public Affairs Forum 1342 - Recorded 10/20/13. Speaker: Lisa McGiffert, Consumer's Union, Topic: "Keeping Patients Safe: Making Progress, but Still a Long Road Ahead"
Daniela Nunez of Consumers Union Safe Patient Project and Katherine Portnoy of the Pew Charitable Trusts discuss how to use social media for C. diff advocacy and awareness
Moderator: Scott Cullen, GRACE Communications Foundation Tom Philpott, Mother Jones – Communicating the food movement David Mermin, Lake Research Partners – Understanding public attitudes and opinions Urvashi Rangan, Consumers Union – Harnessing the voice of consumers and civil society Douglas Gayeton, Lexicon of Sustainability – The message and the movement
The ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ comes to Geneva With Monika Griefahn (Germany) Chair of The Board, Right Livelihood Award Foundation, former Member of the German Parliament and former Minister of Environmental Affairs in Lower Saxony, co-founder of Greenpeace Germany Anwar Fazal (Malaysia) Right Livelihood Award Laureate, former President, International Organisation of Consumers Unions/Consumers International Ole von Uexkull (Sweden), Executive Director, Right Livelihood Award Foundation, Rama Mani (France/India), Senior Advisor, Right Livelihood Award Foundation and Co-Founder of Rising Women, Rising World’
Manhattan community members convened in a public forum with host Chuck Bell of the Consumer Union to discuss the FiOS rollout and hold Verizon accountable for delays. For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org https://www.facebook.com/mnn537 https://twitter.com/MNN59 https://www.linkedin.com/company/manhattan-neighborhood-network https://vimeo.com/mnn
How did food labels become so complex? Session Speakers: Jean Halloran, director Food Policy Initiatives, Consumers Union; Susan T. Mayne, director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA; Michael Moss, journalist and author; Susan Strasser (Moderator) professor emerita, University of Delaware.
The Americans have landed in Normandy, and their advance in Italy has consumed the Italian capital. The Soviet Union is on the outskirts of Warsaw, and the Japanese have joined the Comintern. Will I able to save the German Reich? 1944 Downfall Mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=737403577 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_zYnFZMYAhQwdFUy3Dmj1fuJflwBq-qv - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/grymic Plays.tv: http://plays.tv/u/Grymic
Recently, there has been a substantial increase in the number of utilities that propose to recover more of their costs through monthly fixed charges rather than through variable rates. Synapse held a webinar based on its report for Consumers Union that documents the current trend toward utilities proposing substantial increases in fixed electricity charges, describes the theoretical flaws behind fixed charges, analyzes their impact on consumers, and proposes alternatives.
The U.S. solar photovoltaics (PV) market has grown tremendously over the last decade. With hundreds of thousands of PV systems being installed annually, it is important that consumers are satisfied that the equipment they purchase will perform as advertised, and that they don’t feel misled by unreliable vendors. Otherwise, long-term public support for solar could erode. On this webinar, panelists from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Consumers Union, and the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) presented their perspectives on solar consumer protection and discussed the work their organizations are doing to ensure that distributed PV remains consumer friendly. These presentations were followed by a Q&A; with the audience. Panelists: - Amir Yazdi, Assistant General Counsel, So...
Alberto Muñoz, Users and Consumers Union. Former Director, Regulatory Body for Sanitary Services (ENRESS), Santa Fe (2008-2013). Member of DESAFIO’s local Case Study Advisory Committee in Santa Fe, Argentina. International Seminar for Research and Debate – “Democratisation of Water and Sanitation Governance by Means of Socio-Technical Innovation”, Carcarañá, Santa Fe, Argentina, 17 October 2016. http://desafioglobal.org/meetings/open-meetings/post-project-meetings/seminars-in-santa-fe-argentina-17-19-october-2016/. Alberto Muñoz, Unión de Usuarios y Consumidores. Ex Director del Ente Regulador de Servicios Sanitarios (ENRESS), Santa Fe (2008-2013). Miembro del Comité Local Asesor del Proyecto DESAFIO en Santa Fe, Argentina. Seminario Internacional de Investigación y Debate – “Democratiza...